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Harald Maddadsson (Old Norse:
Haraldr Maddaðarson, Gaelic:
Aralt mac Mataid) (c. 1134 – 1206) was Earl of
Orkney and
Mormaer of
Caithness from 1139 until...
- as a
guardian to
Harald Maddadsson, the five-year-old
nephew of Paul Haakonsson. In 1138 Rögnvald
appointed Harald Maddadsson as Earl
along with him....
- (c. 980s – 1018)
Harold Godwinson of
England (c. 1022 – 1066)
Harald Maddadsson, Earl of
Orkney and
Mormaer of
Caithness (1139–1206)
Harald II of Mann...
- 1151 to 1154. The son of Earl
Harald Haakonsson, he
ruled with
Harald Maddadsson and Rögnvald Kali Kolsson. This was a
turbulent period of
Orcadian history...
- to the
Norwegian crown for
Orkney and Shetland. In 1194, when
Harald Maddadsson was Earl of Orkney, a
rebellion broke out
against King
Sverre Sigurdsson...
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Matad was
perhaps the most
famous of the Mormaers,
fathering Harald Maddadsson, a
notorious rebel of the
Scottish King and
perhaps the
first Gael to...
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significant family connections between Snorri Sturluson and Earl
Harald Maddadsson (d. 1206) and the
original saga do****ent was
probably written down at...
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Orkney continued to rule much of
northern Scotland until 1196, when
Harald Maddadsson agreed to pay
tribute to
William the Lion, King of Scots, for his territories...
- far
north of Scotland. In 1139, his cousin, the five-year-old
Harald Maddadsson, was
given the
title of "Earl" and half the
lands of the
earldom of Orkney...
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Orkneyinga saga was
first written down
Haakon Paalsson's grandson,
Harald Maddadsson, was Earl of
Orkney and the
writer of the saga
clearly had some difficulty...
